Public Law 372.

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(/us/pl/76/371)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the first twoNavigation. sentences appearing in paragraph 1 of section 4488 of the RevisedR. S. § 4488.[46 U. S. C. § 481](/us/usc/t46/s481). Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 481), is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 4488. Every steamer navigating the ocean, or any lake, bay,Lifeboats, etc., number to be provided on all steamers. or sound of the United States, shall be provided with such numbers of lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, line-carrying projectiles, and the means of propelling them, and drags, as will best secure the 53 Stat. 1344safety of all persons on board such vessel in case of disaster; and every seagoing vessel carrying passengers, and every such vessel navigating any of the northern or northwestern lakes, shall have the Boat-disengaging apparatus.lifeboats required by law, provided with suitable boat-disengaging apparatus, so arranged as to allow such boats to be safely launched.

Rules and regulations.And the Board of Supervising Inspectors shall fix and determine, by their rules and regulations, the character and arrangement of boat-disengaging apparatus and the character of lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, line-carrying projectiles, and the means of propelling them, and drags that shall be used on such vessels, and also the character and capacity of pumps or other appliances for freeing the steamer from water in case of heavy leakage, the capacity of such pumps or appliances being suited to the navigation in which the steamer is employed.

” " Approved, August 10, 1939. To amend section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 464). 1939-08-10 644 Chapter 53 Stat. 1344 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 644] AN ACT To amend section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U.

S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 464). August 10, 1939[[H. R. 7091](/us/bill/76/hr/709)][[Public, No. 372](/us/pl/76/372)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Steam vessels, fire protection.R. S. § 4471.[46 U. S. C. § 464; Supp. IV. § 464](/us/usc/t46/s464).Fire pump, pipe, and hose requirements. That section 4471 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 464), is hereby amended to read as follows:

" “Sec. 4471. Every steamer permitted by her certificate of inspection to carry as many as fifty passengers, or upward, and every steamer carrying passengers, which also carries cotton, hay, or hemp, shall be provided with a good double-acting steam fire pump, or other equivalent apparatus for throwing water. Such pump or other apparatus for throwing water shall be kept at all times and at all seasons of the year in good order and ready for immediate use, having at least two pipes of suitable dimensions, one on each side of the vessel, to convey the water to the upper decks, to which pipes there shall be attached, by means of stopcocks or valves, both between decks and on the upper deck, good and suitable hose of sufficient strength to stand a pressure of not less than one hundred pounds to the square inch, long enough to reach to all parts of the vessel and properly provided with nozzles, and kept in good order and ready for immediate service.

Each fire pump thus prescribed shall be supplied with water by means of a suitable pipe connected therewith, and passing through the side of the vessel so low as to be at all times under water when she is afloat. Pump to test boilers.Every steamer shall also be provided with a pump which shall be of sufficient strength and suitably arranged to test the boilers thereof. Automatic sprinkler system.“On and after October 1, 1937, every passenger vessel with berthed or stateroom accommodation for fifty or more passengers shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, which shall be in addition to any other device or devices for fire protection, of a type prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors and approved by the Secretary of Commerce.

All enclosed portions of such vessels accessible to passengers or crew (except cargo holds, machinery spaces, and, when of fire-resisting construction, toilets, bathrooms, and spaces of similar construction) shall be protected by an automatic sprinkler *Proviso*.Exception.system: *Provided*, That if after investigation the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation finds in the case of a particular vessel the application of this paragraph is unnecessary properly to protect life Tests and inspections.on such vessel, an exception may be made.

The Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation shall cause to be made suitable tests and inspections as will insure the proper working of such systems. In 53 Stat. 1345carrying out the provisions of this paragraph the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe the particular approved type, character, and manner of installation of systems to be fitted. The term ‘type’ as used in this paragraph“Type” defined. shall be considered to mean any system which will give a prescribed or required efficiency and shall not mean some peculiar shape or design and shall not be confined to some certain brand or make.

” " Approved, August 10, 1939. Giving the consent of the Congress to an agreement between the States of Iowa and Missouri establishing a boundary between said States. 1939-08-10 645 Chapter 53 Stat. 1345 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 645] JOINT RESOLUTION Giving the consent of the Congress to an agreement between the States of Iowa and Missouri establishing a boundary between said States.

August 10, 1939[[S. J. Res. 181](/us/bill/76/sjres/181)][[Pub. Res., No. 47](/us/pubres/76/47)] Whereas, under date of December 13, 1937, the State of Missouri commenced suit against the State of Iowa in the Supreme Court of the United States for the purpose of determining the boundary line between the county of Clark in the State of Missouri and the county of Lee in the State of Iowa; and Whereas, by stipulation filed in the said Supreme Court of the United States, it was proposed that the Legislature of Iowa and the Legislature of Missouri pass like bills, the State of Missouri waiving and relinquishing to the State of Iowa all jurisdiction to lands lying north and east of the Des Moines River, now in the county of Clark, State of Missouri, and the State of Iowa waiving and relinquishing to the State of Missouri all lands lying south and west of the Des Moines River, and now in the county of Lee, State of Iowa, and that said acts be submitted to the Congress of the United States for its approval; and Whereas, in accordance with said stipulation, the Forty-eighth General Assembly of the State of Iowa did at such session pass such act, this act being known and designated as House File Numbered 651, Acts of the Forty-eighth General Assembly of Iowa, bearing the signatures of John R.

Irwin, speaker of the house; Bourke B. Hickenlooper, president of the senate; and the signature and approval of George A. Wilson, Governor of Iowa, under date of April 18, 1939, said act being thereupon properly published and becoming law under date of April 23, 1939; and Whereas said act provided in substance that the Des Moines River in its present course as heretofore declared by the Congress of the United States shall be and remain the true boundary line between the State of Missouri and the State of Iowa; that the State of Iowa relinquishes all jurisdiction to all lands in Lee County lying south and west of the Des Moines River, being south and east of the east and west boundary line between the States of Iowa and Missouri, and that the effective date of the relinquishment of jurisdiction shall be as of midnight of the 31st day of December following the passage of the Act of Congress approving the relinquishment of jurisdiction; and Whereas, in accordance with stipulation as aforesaid, the Sixtieth General Assembly of the State of Missouri did, at such session, pass a like act, this act being known and designated as senate bill 350 of the acts of the Sixtieth General Assembly of Missouri and bearing the signature and approval of Lloyd C.

Stark, Governor of Missouri, under date of June 16, 1939; and Whereas said act provides in substance that the Des Moines River shall be the true boundary line as between Missouri and Iowa; that the State of Missouri relinquishes all jurisdiction to all lands lying north and east of the Des Moines River and that the effective date 53 Stat. 1346of the relinquishment of jurisdiction over the land herein described shall be as of midnight of the 31st day of December following the passage of the Act of Congress approving the relinquishment of jurisdiction; and Whereas the said acts of the States of Iowa and Missouri constitute an agreement between said States establishing a boundary between said States:

Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Consent of Congress given to agreement, etc. That the consent of the Congress is hereby given to such agreement and to the establishment of such boundary; and said acts of the States of Iowa and Missouri are hereby approved. Approved, August 10, 1939. To amend Public Resolution Numbered 112, Seventy-fifth Congress. 1939-08-10 646 Chapter 53 Stat. 1346 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 646] JOINT RESOLUTION To amend Public Resolution Numbered 112, Seventy-fifth Congress. August 10, 1939[[S. J. Res. 182](/us/bill/76/sjres/182)][[Pub. Res., No. 48](/us/pubres/76/48)] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Joint Congressional committee on phosphate resources of United States.Study required by, to include potash, etc.[52 Stat. 704](/us/stat/52/704).

That the study required to be made by the Joint Committee to Investigate the Adequacy and Use of the Phosphate Resources of the United States pursuant to Public Resolution Numbered 112, Seventy-fifth Congress, shall include potash and related minerals, and the life of the committee and the time for making its final report is extended to January 15, 1940. Limitation on further expenses.The further expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $5,000, shall be paid one-half from the contingent funds of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee.

Approved, August 10, 1939. To provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the city of Gallipolis, Ohio. 1939-08-10 647 Chapter 53 Stat. 1346 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 647] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the observance and celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the city of Gallipolis, Ohio.

August 10, 1939[[H. J. Res. 272](/us/bill/76/hjres/272)][[Pub. Res., No. 49](/us/pubres/76/49)] Whereas the settlement of the Northwest Territory which commenced Gallipolis, Ohio, sesquicentennial celebration.Preamble.at Marietta, Ohio, in 1788 started the greatest movement of pioneer settlers in the history of the world; and Whereas in 1790 the third settlement in that great program of development was made at Gallipolis, Ohio; and Whereas the settlement of Gallipolis was made by the famous “French five hundred”, who with their families came direct from their native France; and Whereas by reason of the inestimable services rendered the American Colonies by the French Nation and thousands of their patriotic citizens led by General Lafayette there has been established an indissoluble bond of friendship between the French Nation and the United States; and Whereas there is no more fitting time or place to again prove this friendship than at Gallipolis, Ohio, on the occasion of its celebration of its sesquicentennial in 1940; and Whereas the citizens of Gallipolis, a small city of seven thousand population, have planned and will carry out at great personal sacrifice of time, energy, and wealth a season of pagentry, patriotic demonstrations, and cultural entertainments that will rank with the best that can be produced anywhere, regardless of expense:

Therefore be it53 Stat. 1347 *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there is hereby establishedGallipolis Sesquicentennial Commission established; composition. a commission to be known as the Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Commission and composed of seven members as follows: The common pleas judge of Gallia County, the probate judge of Gallia County, the chairman of the board of county commissioners of Gallia County, the municipal judge of the city of Gallipolis, the city manager of the city of Gallipolis, the postmaster of the city of Gallipolis, and the president of the chamber of commerce.

Sec. 2. These commissioners shall serve without compensation andService without compensation.Duties of Commission. shall select a chairman from among their number. It shall be the duty of the commission to cooperate with all authorized agencies in charge of the sesquicentennial celebration to be held in the city of Gallipolis during the year of 1940 and to expend any appropriation made herein for the promotion of said celebration and in commemoration of heroic deeds of the noble Frenchmen and their families who settled Gallipolis under such difficult circumstances, all the better to strengthen the bonds of friendship that have existed between the French Nation and the United States of America.

Sec. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,Appropriation authorized. or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the purpose of this resolution. Approved, August 10, 1939. To amend paragraph

(1)of section 96 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code relating to method of computing annuities. 1939-08-10 660 Chapter 53 Stat. 1347 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 public [CHAPTER 660] AN ACT To amend paragraph

(1)of section 96 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code relating to method of computing annuities. August 10, 1939[[H. R. 139](/us/bill/76/hr/139)][

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